Box for transporting potted plants.



PATENTED MAR. 3, 1908.

I L. P. LORD. BOX FOR TRANSPORTING POTTED PLANTS.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 5, -1906- 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

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L. P. LORD. BOX FOR TRANSPORTING POTTED PLANTS.

APPLICATION FILED OOT.5, 1906.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEWIS P. LORD, OF OWAT/ONNA, MINNESOTA.

BOX non TRANSPORTINGPOTTED PLANTS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented -1V[arch 3', 1908.

Application filed October 5. 1906- Serial No. 337.537.

To all whomit may concern:

Be it known that I, LEWIS P. Loan, of Owatonna, Steele county,Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Boxesfor Transporting Potted Plants, of which the following'is a speciiica+the box.

. injury or breakage of the pot during trans- Inithe accompanyingdrawings, forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspectiveview of a box embodying my invention. 2 is-a top view showing the boxopen. ig. 3 is a vertical sectional view illustrating the manner ofusing the box. Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional view on the line a:m ofFig. 3.

In the .drawing, 2 represents a collapsible box of substantially theform and construction shown in my Letters Patent above referred to, andprovided at the end, as shown, with a series of flaps 3 formed on theside walls and adapted to fold over one upon another and' form ayielding support for the base of'the pot.

4 is a plate of flexible material adapted to rest upon the top of theflower pot and .having a centrally arranged hole 5 to receive the stemof the plant and a slit 6 extendin to the edge of the late through whichthe p ant stem is inserte into the hole 5. Short flaps 7 are provided ontwo of the edges of the plate 4 and are adapted to fold down over theedge of the pot between it and the wall of the box forming cushions atthat point, to prevent portation. The other two edges of the plate 4 arerovided with longer fia s 8 that .extendown to the end of the oxand haveinwardly turned ends 9 that are slipped in between the flaps on twosides of the box and the corresponding fla s on the other sides, asshown 1n Fig. 1. hen when a cord has been assed around the box the petwill be secure y held therein and prevented from slipping out of placeand causing injury orplants from breakage to the plant. madeof differentlength according tothe height of the pot and the plate 4, in preparing aplant for transportation, will be first )laced thereon and the potinserted into the ox. Then the flaps on two sides will be The flaps 8will be i folded in'b'etween the bottom of the pot and the ends 9 turnedin against said flaps, and finally, the remaining flaps on the box willbe foldedinbeneath the endsQ. The flaps '8 1 extending down on twosides. ofthe pot will protect it to'a considerable extent from injury,and render the box stiffer and more substantial at the point where it issubject to the greatest strain.

I do not Wish to confine myself to any par ticular material formanufacturing the article, nor to the size of the same as both may bevaried without departing from my inven tion.

I claim as my invention: I

1. As a new'article of manufacture, a folding box of flexible materialhaving eollapsible side and end walls arranged when folded to inclosepotted plants placed lengthwise therein resting on one end of the box,and a part intermediate to said ends and detachably fitting within saidbox and having a hole to receive the stalk of the plant and adapted torest upon the top of the pot and provided with flapsthat extend downbeside the pot and havin' their ends inserted between the flaps on t eend of the box, for the purpose specified.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a folding box of flexible material,having collapsible s ide and end walls, the latter composed of flapsfolded in one upon another, a flexible plate having a hole to receivethe plant stalk, and adapted to rest upon the top of the pot, andprovided with flaps of-substantially the another to inclo'sethe plant,and each Wall having a flap at its end that is adapted to be insertedbetween the corresponding flaps at 'that end and form a support or restfor the same length as the height of the pot, and prov pot, and a plateadapted to be placed inter-' mediate to said ends and havin a hole toreceive the stalk of the plant and rest upon the top of the pot andprovided with depending ends that extend down beside the pot and saidends terminating in inwardly turned portions that are inserted betweenthe end flaps beneath the ot whereby the pot will be held against acciental movement and said plate bein separable from said box and the saidends ling the space between the upper portion of the pot and the wallsof the box when the device is in use and preventing lateral movement ofthe pot..

4Q As a new article of manufacture, a packing box for plants, composedof flexible material and having side walls adapted to be folded withtheir edges lapping b another to inclose the plant and eac wall having aflap at its end that is adapted to be inserted between the corres ondingflaps of the other walls at that en and forming, a

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sup ort or rest. for the pot when placed in the ox, and a plateremovably fitting Within said box intermediate to its ends andtransversely thereof and having a hole to receive the stalk of the plantand ada ted to rest upon the top of the pot, and sai' 1plate beinprovided with depending ends t at exten. down beside the pot to thebottom thereof and said ends terminating in inwardly turned portionsthat are inserted between the end flaps beneath the pot, and said platealso having depending ends extending down beside the pot and terminatinabove the lower portion thereof, substantia ly as described, and for thepurpose specified.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 2d day of October1906.

LEWIS P. LORD.

Witnesses:

RICHARD PAUL, J. B. EVA.

